Serum complement sensitivity as a key factor in Lyme disease ecology

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1248-1251

  Kurtenbach, Klaus ^a,b   Sewell, Henna Sisko ^a,b   Ogden, Nick H ^c   Randolph, Sarah E ^a   Nuttall, Patricia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; HOST RESISTANCE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031887293     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.3.1248-1251.1998     Document Type: Article

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